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Fundil1g questions linger for LOwell project
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Part of building not fikely to be ready for· January .opening
by Christian Morrison and
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Denise Wilsey .
which use the facility throughout
Construction of the Lowell the semester·
Thomas Communications Center
The college has raised $2.6
. remains on schedule for a January • million in donations for the pro-
1987 opening, but a lack of funding • ject. Total cost is estimated at $4.5
may prevent the building from be-
million, according to combined
ing fully operational then, accor-
estimates from Marist adminis-
ding to a series of interviews with trators.
First Floor·
• Marist administrators.
. That figure _includes
$3:5 mill!6n
While administrators predict the . • f~r. constru·:::tlon
costs, mcludmg
general class space, faculty offices wm~g ~d hook-ups; $500,000 for
and computer areas will be ready furrushings; and_ $500,~ for the
.• by January, they acknowledge that
ne~ _teleproduc!1on
facility. T~at
they may fall short in raising funds facility is to mclude a studio,
. to fully equip the. facility by that
s~orage area, control room and
date; In particular, funding has not ~deo c~ntrol area and a ~roadcast
. been raised to buy equipment for Journalism/post-productJon area.
the planned teleproduction facility.
The Thomas center, being built
.• In addition, no definite timetable near the north entrance to campus,
has been established for when the
will house traditional classrooms,
Beirne Media Center will be mov-
offices; . computer labs and the
ed from the Library to the Thomas Beirne Media Center as well as the •
buildi11g, . ,ccording to .. Frank _ new telecomm~nicatioris facility. •
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building • will be less than what
many have envisioned when it
Certain student· organizations
opens in • January-primarily
may eventually be alloted space in
because
of
a lack of funding.
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. Thomas Communications Center, \ equipping tlie building," said Ed-
. Vice President for Student Affairs·
ward Waters, vice president for ad-
Gerard Cox said last week. •
ministration: and finance and the
There are· no specific plans for
• ·administrator in charge of the col-
• allocation of space in the.basement • lege's construction projects. • •
• right now, Cox said, J?ut added he
• • Waters said he could not predict
would like the center to host offices • when the building would be fully
for The Circle and The Reynard,·· functional, and at one point in the
• as welliis studios for WMCR and
interview he raised the possibility
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with no rooms, according to.Ex-
• However, in a later interview,
ecutive Vice President John Lahey.
Waters said he expected the
Because the college currently has
Thomas center to be fully opera-
no money to renovate the -base-
tional by the) anuary date, with the
100 march • in ·apartheid protest
ment, student organizations may be
exception of the new teleproduc-
by Tom McKenna
unable to utilize the space for some • tion facility, which he said may not ,
time, he said.
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be funded by then.
Ground was broken for the con-
Executive Vice President John
struction of the center in May of
Lahey stressed that the building
1983, but pr.oblems .with its
willopeninJanuary,regardless_of
physical foundation delayed con-
how much equipment is acquired
struction until November of 1985. . by then. "We still have time to
The eventual solution to the foun-
raise the additional funding for
dation problems - relocating the
new equipment," he said. "I think
site - allowed a one-third increase
we will be
90
percent operational
in the building's size, Lahey said.
at that time."
Although the addition of the
Marist could use money saved by
basement increased construction
the recent consolidation of some
costs, it will add an estimated
mortgage debts to • help finance
10,000-12,000 square feet to the
construction if needed, Lahey said.
building, he said. Between 3,000
The consolidation will save Marist
and 5,000 square feet will be taken
approximately $1.3 million over a
up by utilities and storage, he said.
20-year period and the savings
can
The first and second floors of the
be used towards other projects, he
Thomas building have 15,000
said.
square feet of space.
In the 198S debt consolidation,
The unexpected additional base-
Marist borrowed $9 million at -a
ment space has rekindled past
lower interest rate of
8.15
percent
debates over what organizations
to refinance the debt on the •
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• Over 100 local students, in-
cluding about 35 from Marist, mar-
ched in a steady drizzle along Civic
Center Plaza in the City of •
Poughkeepsie last Friday afternoon
to protest apartheid and racism.
The combined students and
faculty from Vassar College, Dut-
chess Community College and.
Marist - many shouting "Down
with apartheid, we need justice"
and carrying white crosses dripping
with . rain and anti-apartheid
statements - created little disrup-
tion in the Main Mall.
They did, however, draw stares
from employees in the large brown
IBM building adjacent to the mall.
Some protesters' signs criticized
IBM directly because the company
sells computers in South Africa, the
marchers
claimed.
The 35 Marist ralliers also
garnered
a response
from President
Dennis Murray after repeating
demands for a Marist statement on
the coilege's position on its in- •
vestments in South Africa.
The march, coinciding with the
anniversary of the death of the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,
began with smaller protests on each
campus. The Marist protest, spon-
sored by the Progressive Coalition
and Black Student Union, began
with a moment of silence at the
garden apartments and included a
romp through Donnelly Hall and
a gathering in front of Murray's
Greystone office.
While the Marist marchers listen-
ed to a recording of King's
"I
have
• a dream ... " speech, Murray came
out of his office to speak . to
reporters, reiterating that the col-
lege will not issue a statement on
Marist's position regarding in-
vestments with companies that do
business in South Africa until
all of
the school's options are analyzed.
He said there must be a consen-
sus from the entire college com-
munity before-the college issues a
statement. "Alumni, faculty, ad- .
ministrators and tl:Je parents who
pay the bills here have as much
stake and say in what takes place
at this institution as the students
do," he said.
"And as you can obviously see,
. this does not totally represent the
student body position," Murray
added, referring to the small crowd
standing in the drizzle, listening to
King's speech. The attendance was
about half that of a previous march
on March 21.
Senior Alvin Patrick,
an
• outspoken opponent of racism and
apartheid on campus, said he was
disappointed with the Marist tur-
nout. "Maybe the first time out,
people thought it was a novelty,"
he said.
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McCarin Center, Marian Hall and·
the Townhouses. . . .. .
For riow, though, Marist is hop::.
ing to raise the money for the pro-
ject through donations, Lahey said.
• Among the funding sources be-
ing pursued are several founda-
tions, companies that make com-
munications
equipment
and
benefactors in the immediate
Poughkeepsie area, according • to
Anthony Cernera, acting vice presi-
dent for college advancement.
While the combined estimates of.
the administrators show the center
ultimately costing nearly $4.5
million, Cernera, the chief fun-
draiser for the project; said he
hasn't been asked to alter his
original goal. "I've been working
with the figure of $3 million as pro-
ject cost,., Cernera said. Addi-
tional money for .Lowell Thomas
would come from the college's
operating budget, he added.
In separate interviews last week,
. both Waters and Cemera predicted
fundraising would be easier now
that construction is ·in progress.
"It's hard to raise money for a
building that doesn't exist," said
Waters.
The fundraising drive for the
Thomas center began in late 1981.
One million of the current $2.6
million came in a single grant from
the Mccann
Foundation
of'
Poughkeepsie.
Marist
will probably not ap-
proach IBM for donations to the
Thomas center, Lahey said, noting
that the company gave Marist a
multimillion-dollar grant of equip-
ment only two years ago.
The. funding for new computer
equipment necessary for the expan-
sion into the Lowell Thomas
building will be included in the an-
nual budget for the • Computer
Center, Lahey said, and will not be
drawn from money raised for the
-project.
Some questions remain about the
the move of the Beirne . Media
Center. While Lahey predicted that
Beirne would be in place when
Lowell Thomas opens, other ad-
ministrators expressed doubts
about when the center would be
moved and whether such a move
could be completed over the winter
intersession.
One problem is the scheduling of
communication arts production .
classes. Those classes. are now
taught in Beirne, but plans call for
them to be offered in the new
teleproduction facility when it's
completed.
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If
the new teleproduction facili-
ty is not equipped for the January
opening, then Beirne would have to
remain in the Library or be moved
over the winter intersession to
avoid disrupting
com-
munication
arts
classes.
While most of the media center's
equipment can be moved and in-
stalled in a very short period of
time, according to Ribaudo, the
same is not true for the television
studio.
Because
of the complex wir-
ing involved, making the studio
operational could take anywhere
from a month to three months,
Scott Badman, project specialist in
the media center, said.
Ribaudo said that he thinks the
media center studio could be mov-
ed over the winter intersession, but
time would be needed to make it
fully operational. "The thing will
be usable, but not finished. The
finer points will have to be work-
ed out,., he said.
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Ribaudo said he had hoped the
new telecommunication production
facility would be completed first so
the move of Beirne would not have
to be rushed.
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Foley's
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Nadine Foley, chairperson for·
. the Division of Humanities, recent-
-ly. resigned her position' at Marist
to become head - of· the Adrian
Dominican Congregation of sisters, •
of which she is a member. • - _ •
As elected prioress of the order
headquartered in Adrian, Mich.,
Foley will assume a general leader~
ship role as president. _
The order
runs __
Siena Heights College in •
Adrian and Barry College in_
Miami,
Fla .. •• : _ •
• "l ~11 be· coordinating and
directing my sisters in mission,"
she said. .
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Dominican order· has
an
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tional dimension, with- sisters
located in Nicaragua, Peru; South
Africa, Dominican Republic, Puer-
to Rico and other countries.
Foley, curr_ently
one of Marist's
two women administrators, said
she thought obtaining the position
of divisional chairperson last fall
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to· havi women in ad-
ministrative positions.
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When she first came to Marist,
Foley said the college had a male
image.
"I
was· concerned that when
there was an open house, the line
of administrators talking to the
faculty was all male."
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documented in the results of a cam-
pus study conducted almost two
years ago on issues related· to
.women.
But the administration has since
made a serious effort to address
that -situation by hiring a woman
registrar, a woman acting vice
. president and by increasing the
• overall number of women faculty,
-Foley said.
. As chairperson for the Division
of Hwnanities, Foley said her goals
have been to facilitate in implemen-
ting • the goals of the faculty
members. The interests of the
faculty have included changes in
the core;. curriculum and work on
the honors program, the initiation .
of a peace studies concentration
and a women studies program, she
said.
Foley has a Ph.D. in Philosphy,
M.S.
in Biology ,,an~ S. T.M. in'
Biblical studies.(
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Wild things
• "Tarzan and Jane," winners
of last Saturday's Air Bands
competition. (Photo
by
Laurie
Barraco)
Minus grades II: A downward shift in the" Dean's List
by Anthony DeBarros
If you read with interest The Cir-
cle's March 27 story on the new
minus grading system, and its ap-
parent lack of effect on Marist
students'. grade point ·averages,
here's some new information to
consider.
A comparison of Dean's Lists
from the spring and fall 1985
• semesters, before and after the
grade change, reveals something
Dean's List, published by the Of-
fice of tht: Academic Vice Presi-
dent, is primarily divided into two
categories:
first honors,
for-
students with gpa's of 4.0 to 3.5;
and second honors, for students
with gpa's of 3.49 to 3.25. Another
division, 4.0 to 3.751, also appears
on the Dean's List.
Just-for reference, the 4.0 is an
A, the 3.75 a touch higher than an
• very interesting -
fewer students
at the top of the gpa heap.
First, a bit. of background. The .• •
. A-, and the 35 halfway between an
A- and. a
B-f:
The 3.25 falls just
short of B-1:
Under the new minus
grade system, all plusses count as
.3 and all minuses aL7 -
got it'?
Only one item remained consis-
tent on the two lists - the number
of students on it. There were 557
on the spring 1985 list and
559
on
the fall 1985 list.
After that, things get interesting.
For example, the number of
students who had perfect A (or 4.0
averages) fell by 47 percent after
the minus addition, from 36 in the
spring to 19'in the fall.
And there also was a 20 percent
drop in the numoer o! students
who made first honors, gpa's fro1'1
4.0 to 3.5. Three hundred and
. forty-t~ r~ched that plateau in
spring 1985, but only 275 in the fall
of that year.
But how about this - there was
a 32 percent
increase
in the number
of students who made seco'i1d
honors, gpa's from 3.49 to 3.25.
Two hundred eighty-four made it
-in the fall 1985 semster, up from
215 in the spring.
What does that mean? The same
number of students made the
Dean's List, but less at the top of
the ladder and more hanging on to
the middle rungs. Because faculty
members now have a more "Ilexi-
ble" grading system, it see~s
students are getting more Bs's on
their transcripts instead of A's and
A-'s.
And if we couple thatinforma-
tion with what we told you last
issue, that Marist's institutional
average fell from 2.698 to 2.610
after the minus grade addition, we
find
another
interesting
phenomenon.
Marist's
2.698 institutional
average in the spring 1985 semester
was just .19 higher than the
previous 2:5
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However, the col-
lege's
2.610
institutional average in
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stuaent
body President raCe'
by Bill .DeGennero-•
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dent of the Campus Ministry and
ment, started by Ryan, to increase
ferent tracks, Prucnel says it was
Sophomore Peter Prucnel last .
week was
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elected student body
president, defeating _ sophomore ,
Christopher Lezny 249_to 70. -
· In other Council of Student
• Leaders' races, sophomore Brian -
Wicenski was elected Inter-House
Council president, and sophomore
Norman Clancy was appointed ..
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Commuter Union president. Both
ran uncontested.
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Prucnel, a business major with
a concentration in public ad-
ministration -and the current
sophomore class vice president,
will
take office on April 15. He will
complete the year working with
Suzanne Ryan, the curren(, CSL
president.·
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i>rucnel's p~ior
involve~cmt
in
. Peter Pmcnel
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Marist's
student government,
which inc!i.tdes two years as presi-
member of the< Inter-House
the CSL's power. •
an excellent opportunity for stu-
-maintenance committee, is what he
"I
don't feel we have much
dent input.
considers the decisive factor in his
say," he said.
"1
don't think we ' Because the past president of the
victory.
• have -power because the students
SAC, Patricia Clarke, resigned in
_ "My involvement. in student
,aren't raising hell to.ge(power."
October, there was no
attempt
government has allowed me to see
Prucnel said he would like
to
made for student input concerning·
. how it works, and how effective it
work more closely with the newly the restucturing of the communica-
, can be," he said.
"I
think the stu-
elected CSL president of the Stu-
tion arts major.
dent body at Marist isn't,aware of
dent Academic Committee, junior
Prucnel said he would like to
how powerful we can be."
Gina Disanza, as he considers it to
pick up where Ryan left off. He
Prucnel lists representing the stu-
be one of the most powerful
predicts an "excellent continuity" ·'
dent body and his role as chairper-
committees.
forming between he and Ryan, as
son for the CSL meetings as his
"Ifit worked towards it's poten-
she becomes the CSL College
leading responsibilities.
tial and ideal," he said, "it would
Union Board president.
_ "I'm interested in what we as
mean having a student from every
"In my campaign speech I said
students can do as a whole," he
major meeting with their respective that I felt the·president of the stu-
said. "Can we make student
divisions,
which would give
dent body should be dedicated,
government more effective'?"
students a say."
responsible and a believer," he
As CSL president, Prucnel said
Recalling the administration's re-
said. "I am those three, and I
he will continue with the re-
cent decision to structure the com-
believe in Marist students and their
evaluation of the student govern-
munication arts major into dif-
government."
Birdas lands top .job and beats odds
'Rose Cottage~' blossoms
for playwright Bozzone
by
Sue Hermans.
Everyone told Gigi .Birdas: If
you want a job in radio, you'll have
to pay your dues in a small market
first - nobody starts at a top sta-
after
marist
tion like WCBS.
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But Birdas has spent the last nine
years cheerfully proving everyone
wrong.
In that time, she has gone from
awe-struck intern at New York's
Newsradio 88 to its manager. of
editorials - complete \\ith private
office, business cards and entree to
some of the biggest po!itical shin-
digs in town.
"In January, I went to Albany
to have dinner with the governor,''
said Birdas, a 1977 .. Marist
-graduate. "W.ell, it wasn't just
Mario and me -
150 other people
were there. But things like that·
thrill me. Not bad for a girl from
Peekskill!"
Birdas, 31, interned in the
newsroom at WCBS the second
half of her senior year. She
answered phones, helped producers
and tagged along with reporters on
their .beats. Mostly, she said, she
learned by watching.· -
After graduation, she filled in
for the newsroom coordinator for
four months. Then she was laid
off. But the editorial department
was expanding, and the· editorial
manager needed an assistant -
fast. Someone familiar with the
newsroom -
like Birdas.
"I
did that for eight years," she
said in a recent phone interview.
"As I grew, my responsibilities
grew. The job'was always chang-
ing, and I learned to do more. They
were good learning years."
pride for Birdas. But the days are
long -
she catches the 7:40 train
into the city and the 6:50 back
home to Ossining, where she lives
with her husband, Peter.
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Gigi Birdas
by
Gina Disanza
Everything's coming up roses for
Bill Bozzone.
Bozzone, an adjunct instructor
of English at Marist College,
received an outstanding review in
The New York Times for his off-
Broadway play "Rose Cottages."
The play, which opened on
April
1 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre,
was hailed as "another of those
Ensemble Studio outings that sends
the audience home high on fresh
talent that one can't wait to en-
counter again," in the April 2 edi-
tion of The Times.
"Rose Cottages" is the story of
a dumpy roadside motel in Florida
for tourists unable to find lodgings
at the better hotels near Disney
World.
The
guests for the duration
of the play are a New Jersey man,
his new young wife and his nagg-
ing mother.
The proprietor of the motel, a
man named Rose.is
trying to avoid
county health officials and hires
Lydell, who is AWOL from basic
training, as a handy man.
The Times called the play a
"neo-sitcom" and credited Boz-
zone with jokes "far more inspired
than those on television."
"Rose Cottages" was read at the
Ensemble Studio Theatre last
December, and the
full
production,
starring Bill Cobbs as Rose, is
scheduled to run for three weeks.
Last month, Bozzone, who is
also a Marist alumnus, directed the
Marist College Council on Theatre
Arts production of "One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Because of his commitments to
the play, Bozzone was unavailable
for comment, but Gerard Cox,
MCCT A advisor, called the review
"magnificent."
"We are very delighted and
pleased with his success and the
wonderful coverage he received in
The New York Times," said Cox.
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recently been named one of the 20
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national winners of the prestigious
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established in' 1974 and honors Leagues," ·O'Connor said.
Pulliam Journalism Fellowship.
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20 seniors from around the coun-
Winners are chosen on the basis
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As a Pulliam Fellow, O'Connor
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try every year. Half.of the people of. published· writings, coliege
will receive a grant of $2,950 and
chosen are assigned to the Arizona transcripts, letters of recommenda-
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spend the sum-
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Republic and the Phoenix Gazette; • tion and an editorial written ex-
mer working for either the Phoenix
th~ other half is assigned to the In-
pressly for the competition.
(Ariz.) Gazette, or the Arizona • dianapolis Star or the Indianapolis
Republic. While there, he and the. News. Each of these papers was
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O'Connor is currently a part-
time . sportswriter
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the
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other winners will participate· in • pubUshed by the late Eugene
seminars led by prominent jour-
Pulliam, for whom the fellowship • Poughkeepsie Journal and served
as sports editor of The Circle in
1984~1985. During his
_time
as
sports editor, he won The Circle's
"Reporter of t}ie Year"'award.
nalists and experts in the fields of
was named.
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excited about his.future and said he
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through Professor David Mc:Craw:
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Julie Sveda
When. Gifford • A. Anderson
received a letter in September from
James Daly, Marist vice· president
of admissions and enrollment plan-
ning, telling him that "the school
was pleased to have received his ap-
plication for the freshman class and
was delighted to learn of his in-
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terest in attending Marist College,"
even his mother thought he had a
chance of being accepted.
If one were to take a quick
glance at Anderson, it would be
hard to imagine anyone - especial-
ly the college's female population •
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his blonde, curly hair and big; blue
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eyes, he seems quiet, but attentive ..
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less· than.
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who wants to pursue a careerin
engineering, boasted-of a successful
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high school career in which he was
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a member of the National Honor
Society, the debate team, the
school band and the hockey team.
But when Anderson was called at
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his home in Florida to find out if
he would need financial aid to at-
tend Marist, all hope of his getting
into the school was lost. It was then
that Marist found out about a fac-
tor that would deny him admission
to the college.
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Anderson was born in the Cab-
bage Patch.
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As what one would call a minori-·
ty, he is not officially a U.S. citizen
and his ethnic backround is notone
common to that of any Marist stu-
dent. His parents, who wish to re-
main anonymous, said it was on
these grounds that their son's ap-
plication was terminated by the
college.
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Although he did not get accepted
to be a part of next year's freshman
class, he should be proud of what
he did accomplish.
If he is not the first Cabbage
Patch Kid to apply to Marist,
Anderson must be the first to have
received the attention that he did.
A Marist student? Not quite, buff ~r
a_
while this C~bl)age
Patch Kid was on a prospective-student
li,st in the Fin~ncial
Aid
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their footsteps. But that is not
possible now.
As for his plans for the future,
Anderson would not comment.
Chances are that he'll just take a
semester or two off and hang out.
And, in the meantime, maybe he'll
look into applying to Yale.
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April 10, 1986 • THE CIRCLE - Page 5 --
Bill would allow students to vote at school
by Sue Hermans
Students will be allowed to
register and vote in their college
communities in
·New
York state,
under legislation proposed recent-
ly by Gov. Mario Cuomo.
"Government has a_
responsibili-
ty to make it easy for people to par-
ticipate in the election process,"
·
Cuomo said. "By enabling students
to vote in their college com-
munities, we are opening this coun-
try's great democratic system to
many young. people who might
otherwise be discouraged from
·
participating."-
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,
Cuomo's bill would amend the
state Election Law to clarify the
definition of a legal residence,
making it easier for students to
qualify for voter registration in
their college towns. The bill would
prohibit local election boards from
using such criteria as marital status,
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financial independence or parents'
address
to determine
legal
residency.
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Cuomo said students deserve
better treatment at the polls. The·
United States Census counts
students
as
residents of their college
communities, and that often results
in added benefits to the com-
munities, such as increased federal
aid, he said.
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In addition, the governor noted
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that students contribute to the
economy of their college com-
munities by supporting
local
businesses and paying local sales,
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gasoline, income and property
taxes.
In 1984,
u;s.
District Judge Neil
McCurn ruled the current state
Election Law as it has been applied
to college students violates the
equal protection· clause in the U.S.
Class battles
:to
begin
tomorrow
~Y
Kristine Manning
It's olympics at Marist tomorrow
when the Inter-House Council
hosts the 1986 Battle of the Classes.
Jim Ferguson,. a senior resident
of Townhouse C7 and president of
the North End Resident Associa-
tion, thought up· the idea of the
Battle of the Classes. "I want to get
residents out of their rooms and
in-
volved
in
on-campus
ac~
motivation when it comes to par-
ticipation in school events, said
Mary Hegarty,
a sophomore
member of the Inter-House Coun-
cil. "Our goal is to unite the
school, and promote class unity
and student interaction," she said.
The
.
games begin with a pie-
eating contest at 5:15 p.m. arid
concludes
Saturday
with
a
dodgeball game. This is the first
time the college is doing something
like this, said Brian Wicenski,
sophomore president of the Inter-
.
tivities,"said Ferguson:
Originally, the Battle of the
Classes consisted of approximate-
ly 20 events, but due to a lack of
sufficient funds, it was limited to
.
"And we're hoping an event like
this will help us reach our goal."
.
House Council and supervisor of
the event.
•
"We took events we thought
people would be interested in. If it
goes over well, I see no reason why
we can't expand upon it and make
it an annual event," he said.
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nine, said Ferguson. Aside from
the pie-eating contest and the
dodgeball game, the events include:
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volleyball, water polo, softball, raft
races, relay races, tug of war and
an obstacle course.
There seems to_ be a lack of
Maureen Melley, a junior resi-
dent of Benoit, said that she usually
doesn't participate in many on-
campus activities, but she wants to
participate in this one.
"I
feel
because it is outdoors and consists·
of many sports I enjoy,
it
will
be
a lot of fun. It's about time this
school
is
hosting a worthwhile
event," she said.
-Honoring·
.
students
Acting Academic Vice President Julianne Maher and student govern-
ment representative Karen Chatterton presents awa_rds
at last Sunday's
Council of Student Leaders dinner. "Who's Who Awards" were
presented to 51 Marist seniors, and the Black Stu.dent Union received
club of the year honors. (Photo by Mark Marano)
·-H_uman
chain to-join counties
by
John Roche
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Six to
eight
million people are ex-
pected to form a 4,000 mile human
chain by joining hands coast to
coast May 25 to raise money for
· hunger relief programs.
The project is
.called
~'.Hands
Across America" and its goal is to
raise $100
·
million nationwide
·
through individual and group con-
tributions, and those participating
in the human chain.
Anyone can participate in the_
chain by reserving a spot and
donating ten dollars. However, the
chain runs along a plotted course
and the nearest spot to Poughkeep-
sie
is
Newark,
N.J.
or
Philadelphia, Pa.
Due to this fact, Victor Morris,
a city of Poughkeepsie resident and
vice president of the American
Baptist Men of New York State, is
organizing· a local effort to provide
Dutchess' and· Ulster County
residents with a chance to help out.
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Morris plans to organize a
human chain through Dutchess and
Ulster counties, joining all hamlets,
villages, towns and cities along the
way. Also, he plans to raise money
to broaden poverty programs,
rather than by buying emergency
food. He says the 100 million
dollars from the national "Hands"
project would feed. the world's
hungry for just three days.
Morris is holding a meeting
tonight
at 8
p.m. at Ebenezer Bap-
tist Church in Poughkeepsie for
ideas, suggestions and discussion
about "Hands Across the Hud-
son," a local effort to coincide with
Hands Across America. The
church is located at
11
Winnikee
Avenue
in
the
city
of
Poughkeepsie.
There is
a
24-hour national toll
free telephone
number
for
"Hands" for information, con-
tributions or reservations. That
.
number is 1-800-USA-90()().
There
is another number in New York
State which is 2i2-921-7010, Mon-
day through Friday from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Morris can be contacted through
the church at 471-8528.
"Hands Across the Hudson"
will be a human chain extending
across the Newburgh-Beacon
Bridge. Organizers hope to raise
$20,000
based on a
$10
registration
fee from the 2,000 people who are
needed to line the bridge.
Moynihan to visit Satur4ay
by Jeannine M. Clegg
New York Democratic Senator
Daniel Patrick
Moynihan
is •
scheduled to visit Marist College on
Saturday
at 2:30 p.m. as
part of the college's Cuneen-
Hackett Lecture Series.
Moynihan
will conduct
a
seminar in the Campus Center,
where a variety of current topics
will be discussed, according to Lee
Miringoff, director of the Marist
Institute for Public Opinion. Mir-
ingoff, who is resporisib!_e
for in-
viting Moynihan to campus, said
he expects such issues as war and
peace and the federal budget to be
raised.
The senator will also observe a
simulated poll which \\ill
be
carried
•
out by Marist students involved in
the Marist Institute for Public
Opinion.
"Senator Moynihan has express-
ed an ongoing interest in the In-
stitute. As an academician, he sees
the Insitiutc as an excellent applica-
tion of the social sciences. As a
politician, he can relate to how poll
results can shape issues," Mir-
ingoff said.
Moynihan will not accept money
for his visit, although he is entitl-
ed to payment as part of the
Cuneen-Hackett lecture series, ac-
cording to the office of Marist
President Dennis Murray.
Before
his campus
visit,
Moynihan
will
attend a luncheon
with Marist faculty at the residence
of President Murray, according to
Miringoff.
Constitution. McCurn's decision
was reversed by the U.S. Court of
Appeals for-the 2nd Circuit.
Tom Collins, executive assistant
to Assemblyman Glenn Warren,
said the Republican position for the
last three years has been to oppose
any move making it easier for
students to vote in local elections
while attending school in the
community.
Warren's district includes parts
of Dutchess,
Colombia
and
Rensselaer counties. Collins said
many of the state universities are
located in small upstate towns
where the student population is
larger than the town population.
Allowing students to vote in those
towns would be harmful to the per-
manent residents, he said.
"For example, the population of
Potsdam is small - students could
take over the city,"•Collins said."
College kids could make the deci-
sions on taxes, public safety and
everything else. It's not the kind of
situation we want."
--- M'1UE
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MEiUUJ?
*ATTENTION ALL
NON-RESIDENT
STUDENTS*
Any non-resident students in-
terested in Marist College housing
for the fall 1986 semester should
complete a non-resident room re-
quest card in the Housing Ottice,
Room 271, Campus Center, by May
17, 1986. Presently, no space is
available, but a waiting list will be
maintained on a first come, first
served, basis. Any questions? Stop
by the Housing Office.
-·Marist
College
Council on Theatre Arts
- presents-
Musical based on the play by
JAMES M. BARRIE
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Music
by
MARK CHARLAP
Lyrics
by
CAROLYN LEIGH
Directed
by
THOMAS
J.
GREENE
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Performance dates for the general public:
Saturday,
April 12 2:00
P.M.
& 7:00
P.M.
Sunday,
April 13 2:00
P.M.
Admission Is free.
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Donations will be accepted.
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A Step Forward
On Tuesday, April 15, Marist is holding its first "Students'
Day.'' The nature of the event raises a concern expressed at
Marist: Is the school abandoning its liberal arts grounding and
becoming, as some say, simply a training school?
Questions may arise when one tries to dig up the event's roots.
Students' Day, with its theme "College, Knowledge and Jobs,"
is a new twist·on the old Dean's Convocation Day, a seminar
which examined broad issues such as human rights. Some have
argued that "Students' Day"·may be an example of Marist stray~
ing from its liberal arts heritage;
But though the event may be subject to such criticism, its at-
tempt to attract students in a new way does not totally disregard
the ideals of a liberal arts education. One workshop in particular;
"Liberal Learning and the Work World," while still focused on
careers, will also examine the benefits of more philosophical
studies.
While the career focus of Students' Day may off end some, it
does have merit. Students sometimes lose touch with the fact that
what theyJeam: 'at Marist
can
be a key to their futures; Students'
. Day.may help some gain a/better understanding of their immediate
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Dean's Convocation Day was a novel idea, but was never ac-
cepted as such-the fact that only nine students attended last fall's
event illustrates the point.
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GJiN&iviris
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By
tailoring this newly focused day so closely to students, the
college has indeed taken steps to revive the dying ev~nt. Altho~gh
it should begin later in the day (most students will sleep nght
through its 9:30 a.m. start), Students' Day is overall a good
concept.
.
Students should give the event another try. Maybe the old Con-
vocation Day has become something more to off er than simply
a break from classes.
U(hy
Marist. should- divest
by
Carl MacGowan
thousands of blacks killed or
beaten by the South African police.
letters
• Along about six months ago, I
IBM, along with dozens of other
took up part of a column to cau-
·American corporations · that do .
tion against divestment as the sole
business in South Africa, claims to
means needed to end apartheid in • be assisting blacks· through . the
South Africa. The inspiration then
Sullivan·
Principles. • These
One~to-One
was the "Sun City!' record and the · guidelines :for hiring practice~ in
debate in Congress over whether to , South
Afnfa
were• created by, the
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support of
<Rev.
Leon Sullivan,
a
member of
To the Editor,
,
P.W. Botha's racist:regime.
• • • the. board· of General Motors,
and singing. At this time, we are in
I
still
don't believe divestment is
The Marist College Psychology
Club, in cooperation with other
campus organizations, will be
sponsoring the Fifth Annual One-
to-One Day on Thursday, April
. 17th. This event provides Marist
students with the opportunity to
share a few hours of their time
hosting or helping a developmen-
tally disabled child from one the
homes or special education classes
in the Dutchess County area.
Among the activities we have
planned for the day are arts and
crafts, games, a pony ride,
storytelling, a firetruck, a clowri
need of student hosts, as well as all it takes to make changes in
student helpers to organize and set South Africa; the racism among
up, to run activity booths, to run the whites in that country - as it
errands during the cour~e of the was·in white America not so °long
day, and to help with cleanup. If ago -'- is firmly ingrained and ra
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you are unable to make the meeting tionalized by religion (the Dutch
for volunteers today in D104 at' Reform Church, in this case). It
• 11 :45, please get in touch with • takes more than money and morals
either Dr. Dunlap or Dr. Canale in to
crack
a
• systematic,
the Psychology office (DIOS). discriminatory
policy
like
Come and help with this enjoyable apartheid;
and worthwhile day!
But I now believe divestment is
Thank you.
the best thing we've got to.make
a
Bill Wright clear statement to the governments
President of South Africa and the United
Psychology Club States. It is no more than a state-
Congratulations
ment of outrage, it won't drive
Botha to resignation, but it has
made an impression.
To the Editor:
As past editors of The Circle, we
realize how much work goes into
the newspaper. Every year, we tried
. to improve its quality, and we're
glad to see you're keeping up the
tradition. Perhaps more than any
other year, you have touched the
core of campus issues and explored
a wide range of topics. To top it
off, you've packaged it very well.
Congratulations, and keep up
the good work.
Lou Ann Seelig, editor 1984-85
Christine Dempsey, editor 1983-84
Staff writers, Taconic Newspapers,
Millbrook, N;Y.
Special thanks
To the Editor,
I would like to take this time to
thank those who helped in the
preparation and execution of Com-
puter Horizons Day. Computer
Horizons Day was an event spon-
sored by the Marist College Com-
puter Society on Saturday, March
22nd. The Computer Society in-
vited speakers to come to campus
to present some of the latest com-
puter technology. Planning for the
day began six months ago, and dur-
ing that time several key people
sacrificed their time and energies to
see that the day ran smoothly. I
would like to thank them now.
The co-chairpersons for the day,
Ken Keltos and Mike Carson, who
dedicated their lives to this event.
Chris Algozzine, the advertising
chairperson, who proved himself
many times over both on the day
Continued on page 9
New York City bought its police
radio equipment from Motorola,
which
provided the same services to
the South African police. After the
cfry threatened to take its business
elsewhere, Motorola thought the
better of it and ceased its contract
with South Africa. New York
dropped its threat.·
This obviously hasn't kept the
cops from doing their dirty work
in enforcing South Africa's pass
laws, but the message is clear: Do
you what you want, Mr. Botha; but
don't get us involved. The purpose
of divestment is to at least keep
one's hands clean.
As such, Marist College can no
longer pretend that its relationship
with
IBM
is squeaky clean. It is
IBM's computers that keep files on
South African blacks deemed
"subversive" by the Botha regime.
The money Marist has accepted
from IBM over the years is tainted
by the blood spilled by the
the -real
wo·rld
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which introduced the code in 1977.
The Sullivan Principles call for
desegregation in the workplace,
equal pay for equal work, and
negotiations with the government
to end apartheid. • Thus, IBM,
Mobil,
GM and the principles'
other subscribers claim to be doing
more to change the system from
within than they could if they left
the country.
But according to Sullivan's own
accountin·g firm, Arthur D. Little,
the principles have backfired.
There has been a reduction over the
past two years in the percentage of
job openings filled by blacks. The
. percentage of supervisory positions
filled by blacks has dropped from
26 percent in 1984 to 18 percent last
year.
The number of whites working
for Sullivan Principle companies
has risen by 1,061 in one year,
while the number
of
black
employees has dropped by 329.
In all, the Sullivan Principles af-
fect only 1 percent of the total
black population in South Africa.
Ideally, ending the apartheid
system would be best dealt with by
the United States government. The
U.S., which has frequently been
South Africa's sole ally in the
United Nations, is in the best posi-
tion to encourage the South
African government to change its
policy.
Governments tend to understand
one thing far above anything else:
the military. Economic peril they·
can live with, as long as there's a
few hundred banks left to make
• loans that will keep them afloat.
But take away·_a man's national
• defense mechanism:and he's-lost. .
'. The·
ut~
d~u{d\tow
n{;t-it.
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ineahs business by cancelling any
pledges of military support for
South Africa, especially nuclear
technology, which South Africa is
suspected of having developed with
American help. An end to U.S.
technical support of the South·
African military could result in the
rapid destruction· of apartheid.
But as long as the Reagan ad-
ministration is doing the dealing,
• don't. bet the shantytown on
anything more than a few dozen
.~more claims of "Constructive
Engagement." Reagan believes the
Botha government is perfectly
legitimate, for _the simple reason
that • South Africa is · "11on-
communist" and challenged by a
revolution that is not motivated by
racism, but by a Soviet-backed
communist insurgency.
As long as this is the official
policy of the U.S., it is up to col-
leges, universities, state·and local
govemements, and other institu-
-
tions, to take a stand against apar-
theid and against Reagan. Marist
would not be financially destroyed
if
it divested from IBM, Eaton,
Coca-Cola, and its other South
Africa connections;
this
fact makes
divestment even more compelling,
not Jess.
Marist College divesting will not
save lives in South Africa, but
that's not the point. The point is
• that coJleges cannot be politically
idle in the face of an atrocity such
as apanheid.
As
institutions of pur~
pose and society's highest values,
• schools like Marist can make
a
statement that compensates for the
moral bankruptcy of governments
like those in Johannesburg, Cape
Town and Washington, D.C.
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CIRCLE:
Editor:
Denise Wilsey
News Editors:
Julia Murray
Tom
McKenna
• Christian Larsen
Advertising
Manager:
Mike McHale
Gary
Schaefer
Senior
Associate Editor:
Douglas
Dutton
Associate Editors:
Anthony DeBarros
Paul Raynis
Laverne C. Winiams
Senior Editor:
Gari MacGowan
Arts
& Entertainment Editor:
Ken Parker
Sports Editor:
Photography
Editor:
Business Manager:
Brian O'Connor •
Laurie Barraco
LishaDriscoH
Advertising staff:
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David McCraw
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Finding an outlet
by Dr. Laurence Montalto
I guess tradition dictates coming
to the art departmentto find out
• • about creativity as if it were
somehow ohly
limited
to
artistic ac-
tivity. As we shall see, creativity
• can be applied to any aspect or
component of one's life and is on-
ly restricted by an inability to see,
feel, experience and be a part of the
living world ..
Part of the problem lies in that
• creativity's meaning is · not well
established or even well understood
and although attempts have been
made to do so, these efforts have
·continued to hamper the develop-
ment of a concise definition. Since
creatiyity has become shrouded in
ambiguity and is so popular that we
tend to label everything with it
from creative crayons to creative
learning, we have lost sight of the
significant role it plays in human
development and its subsequent
behavior. Since creativity has a
powerful and direct
effect
on
College
Press Service
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human development, exists in
evezyone in varying degrees and is
viewed as a positive quality to
possess, it may be helpful to clear
away the cloud of mystery concer-
ning this wonderful
human
. characteristic.and discuss some fac-
tors that
will
allow students to iden-
tify those activities on campus that
will help develop their own creative
capabilities within· their own
interests.
Creativity's most distinctive
feature is divergent thinking or the
ability to extend one's thoughts in
different directions from a com-
mon point. Unlike intelligence tests
which stress convergent thinking,
with a correct response already
determined, divergent thinking has
no single correct answer. Divergent
ability includes thinking of a great
number of different answers, or
thinking of . different methods or
approaches to problems, or think-
ing of the unusual or novel. These
characteristics of divergent think-
ing may be summarized as follows:
(a) ideational fluency, the ability to
produce a rapid succession of
ideas; (b) flexibility, the ability to
abandon old ways of thinking and
initiate different directions; and (c)
originality, producing new and
novel solutions or the use of ideas
that are not obvious, banal or
statistically infrequent.
What all this means is that
students, whether looking for
creative outlets on campus or
courses to take, should make their
choices from those that encourage
thinking and ideas generated, for
the most part, by the student (in-
trinsic motivation). Activities must
be challenging and individual ideas
should be allowed to develop in dif-
ferent ways without being penaliz-
ed. Students should look for ac-
tivities that have people with a mix
of personalities and backgrounds
and, more importantly, instructors
who although
authority
figures, do not already have the
answers which will restrict the flow
of ideas and inhibit "risk taking."
Moreover, while intellectual acui-
ty is important it should have at
least equal weight with spontanie-
ty and imaginative enthusiasm
which encourages exploration. Ex-
ploration, especially of one's own
thoughts, helps to stimulate fluen-
cy of ideas by having students
become adventurers and builds a
wider vocabulary of alternatives to
generate unique combinations of
ideas. It also expands the abilities
of "problem-solving" and the
making of "logical inferences," so
important in the development of
"critical thinking skills."
This is not to suggest that a free-
for~all philosophy is any better.
The "anything goes" atmosphere
is just
as negative
as the
authoritarian
climate
where
students are tightly controlled. It is
a misconception to believe that all
self-expressive acts are creative.
While creativity always involves
self-expression the opposite is cer-
tainly not true. To throw oatmeal
· across the breakfast table may be
an act of self expression, but by
itself is not creative. For something
to be creative it must be a unique
contribution from an individual
that is positive and purposeful,
within certain social boundaries.
Finally, students seeking creative
outlets on campus should realize
that creativity is not confined to
any particular activity. Choices
may include art, basketball,
language or learning to use the
library. Creativity is an approach
to the world and is a way in which
we have come to view, think about
and process information about our
environment. We must think about
creativity, not as a
noun,
but as a
verb.
It is a living, purposeful,
ongoing affair with experience.
Dr. Montalto ls the director
of
Arts and Letters
at
Marist .
Racism: Today's style
by
Alvin Patrick
I went to the Marist College
library and happened to stumble
upon the autobiography of black
playwright Lorraine Hansberzy.
On the outside of the binding was
the title,
TO BE
YOUNG,
GIFTED AND BLACK, Written,
sloppily in pen, next to the title,
was the word "impossible."
Racism, today, is kind of like
that book in the library -
quiet,
hidden, subtle. It is also like the
word written on the binding - un-
just and wrong. Perhaps, racism,
in this modern form, is more
dangerous than it was
25
years ago.
Surely, it is alive and well, today,
in America and Marist College.
In the J980's, racism is an in-
telligent system that uses tokenism
as a means to hide itself.
It
is no
longer a blatant method of op-
pressing minorities. This modern
atrocity allows black advancement
-
but not too much.
prised of about 300 minorities.
Some of the most socially and
academically neglected students are
among this three hundred. Student-
aimed departments at Marist have
no black representation. Among
these are the Office of Admissions,
Counseling Services and the Lear-
ning Center.
More importantly, the recrui,-
ment .of academically promising
black students is nonexistent at
Marist. Most of the black student
population is comprised of Higher
Education Opportunity Program
students and Green Haven Correc-
tional Facility students. HEOP
students are academically and
economically disadvantaged young
people who are given
a
chance for
. a college education. The prison
students are given the same
opportunity.
Rethinking communication· arts
The United States government
employs quite a few black mayors,
congressmen and local leaders.
However, the advancement seems
to stop when it comes to
U.S.
senators, governors and Cabinet
members. Blacks make strides, but
they are limited ones in America.
Both programs are admirable in
their nature but the question is:
does Marist have a true cross-
section of the national minority
population? The answer is
no.
A
high school valedictorian who is
black or hispanic ends up at Marist
by luck, not by any recruitment ef-
forts from the Admissions Office.
by Ann Jotikastbira
The communication arts pro-
gram has finally required concen-
trations within the major. Future
communication arts majors will
now have a direction in life, unlike
those who are graduating this year.
Now a senior, I have looked
back on the many mistakes I have
made atMarist College. Since I was
• given the freedom to choose my
courses, some of my errors were
my own fault. However, com-
munication arts as it stands now
had given me no direction in life
until this semester.
• At the end of my freshman year,
after taking "ln.terpersonal Com-
munication , " "Mass
Com-
munication " and "Public Speak-
ing," I was told that I had to take
IO other courses in the major -
any IO courses! I thought this
would be fun. I could take
whatever I wanted without falling
under the rigorous requirements of
the other majors here.
I
took the
easy classes so I could get a half-
way decent grade point average
with minimum effort.
Now that I look back, I see that
taking the easy way out could
jeopardize a future career. I know
every student receives an advisor
upon entering Marist, but since
nothing was required from me in
the major except to take
IO
courses,
I thought there was no need to see
one.
This might sound like I am mak-
ing excuses for myself but I think
this
is
panly the fault of the school.
How can an
18
or 19-year-old make
the serious decision of "What do
you want to do when you grow
up'?" The only way I would do
anything at that age, which I still
consider my adolescence, is if it was
required.
My point is, a required concen-
tration of courses is a must. For
many students, college is their first
time
away
from home,
away
from
rules and
away
from curfews.
Naturally, a
student
is. likely
to go
wild during the first two
years
in
school. Life is one gigantic
party.
You think
it
will last forever,
until
suddenly, you are a junior
with less
than two years
from graduation.
All
of a sudden you
wake
up and
thjnk of
getting serious
with your
life.
By now
you
have taken
most of
the 10 classes
in the major, and you
are so fed
up
of not learning
anything useful
that
you decide to
take a
minor
that might
help you
find direction.
Senior year
arrives,
and
it is
time
to take
an internship. You apply
for an IBM co-op and
go
in for the
interview. The first
question
that
I'm asked
is,
"Have
you
taken Ad-
vanced Journalism'?"
I
think to myself, "Why would
• I have taken Advanced Journalism
\\ithout
having taken
ordinary
journalism'?"
Sitting opposite the
interviewer,
with a portfolio of the
high school
briefs
I wrote for the
local
daily
newspaper
in my
hometown, I
think
l
still have a
good chance for the job.
I
even
gave the interviewer
a copy of the
f~ture story which was published
in the same newspaper. However,
I did not get anywhere.
The next semester I applied for
a
regular intership and was told
that even for many regular intern-
ships, journalism is helpful. I end
up doing an internship
I
do not
even like. After all this, I decide to
grow up and take the course dur-
ing my last semester here.
I don't know how many students
are having· the same problems I
have had, but having a concentra-
tion requirement in communication
arts is the best thing that can be
done with the major. Now students
will have a direction and might
become more serious with their in:
terests -
unlike myself.
Ann Jotikasthira is a senior
communication arts major
at
Marist College .
Marist employs about five black
administrators in its minority-
concerned departments such as Up-
ward Bound and the Higher
Education Opportunity Program.
There is one adjunct professor, no
full time instructors and one Board
of Trustees member of color. The
hierarchy of Marist College is com-
posed of whites. For all intents and
purposes, blacks are nonexistent.
The corporate world of our
capitalistic America allows for
black professionals but not for too
many
CEO's.
Black-owned
businesses have black leaders, but
for the most part the IBMs, Exx-
ons and Coca Colas are pale in
comparison. No pun intended.
The Marist student body is com-
Racism is a pretty harsh word
isn't it'? Just when you thought we
abolished it years ago, it rears its
ugly head. We don't burn crosses
anymore. We burn opportunities.
We don't yell. We whisper.
Marist is a microcosm of
American society. We are riding
the tide of economic prosperity.
We feel good about ourselves. We
also have people like myself who
point out that we are not perfect.
We don't even come close. Don't
be complacent. Don't be satisfied.
Don't
be content
until the
significance of a person's color, sex
or religion
is of no more
significance than the color of
his/her eyes.
Alvin Patrick
is
a
senior com-
munication arts major. Patrick
is
also a member of the Black
Student
Union and Progressive Coalition.
The Circle
is looking
to fill the following
positions
for the
fall:
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CIRCLE-April
10, 19B6
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Ken Parker
Payola, that dirty little record
business practice is in the news -
again.
Payola is payment from record •
companies to radio station person-
nel in exchange for airplay.
rave on
The present furor stems from an ..
NBC "Nightly News'' series last_
month which focused on indepen-
dent record promoters said to have
ties to organized crime. Specifical-
ly,
the report" showed radio insiders
telling stories of promoters -using
record company money to make
"payoffs .of cash, cars, expensive
watches, drugs and nights with
women." The April 10 issue of
Rolling Stone magazine reports
that record companies pay almost·
$80 million a year to these indepen- .
dent promoters in the hope of get-
ting their records over the
air
Thomas H. · Wyman of CBS
labeled the NBC News report as an
example
of
''second
class
journalism.••
In the week following the airing
of the first NB9 news segment,
Polygram Records • and Warner
Brothers Records suspended all ac-
tivity with independent record pro-
moters until an investigation could
be conducted. Capitol-EM!,
RCA,
CBS, A&M and MCA soon follow-
ed suit.
Jeff.Holmes, vice president of
marketing for Warner Com-
munications,
said
by - telephone
recently that his company is, in ef-·
feet, finished with independent
promoters.
"At this point we have no plans
or desires to go back with them,"
said Holmes. "We originally cut
ties with them in 1981 but later
took them back. This time I'm sure
we're done with them for good. We
don't like to use them."
Holmes did not say when those
under suspension would be let go.
This week's Billboard magazine
reports that many labels are already
hiring new promotion personnel
who will work solely in-house in an
attempt to fill the void caused by
the suspensions. Many see this as
the first step in the elimination of
independent promoters
~
a whole.
Whether payola actually exists
depends_ on who you ask.
A promotions spokesperson for
RCA Records said last week that
her company is refusing to make
any statements about the issue.
Moreover, the spokesperson, who
would not disclose her name, told
me I would "save a lot of time by
not pursuing it further."
Holmes said he is not convinced
that payola exists.
"There has been no real evidence
that is takes place," he said. "Over
the past ten years there have been
.a number of federal investigations
but all have been dropped because
of lack of evidence."
.
Marist sophomore Derek Simon,
a college promotions representative
for . Polygrani Records said . he
doesn't believe payola· activity has
increased. -
"Payola seems to be· an ongoing
thing," said Simon, who is also
music director for Marist's New
Rock 92.
"I
don't necessarily feel it has in-
creased of late, there is just closer
scrutiny about it now.
Many
tac-
tics that were once not considered
payola are being considered so
now."
•
Simon drew attention to a recent
promotion by CBS Records as an
example. CBS offered a compact
disc player and 20 compact
discs
to
the college station which produced
the best radio program about the
label's band Wire Train.
•
"Many stations considered this
payola when it • was really only
CBS' attempt to get a quality pro- ,
gram about one of its bands pro-
duced and over the: air," said
Simon.
. . .
,
Simon said he has never witness-
ed or been offered payola .. -· _
Stew Schantz, program director
of
WPDH,
said he does not feel it
is a wide-spread practice.
"In my ten.years·ofradio, I have
never seen it," Schantz said.-"A lot
of hoopla is being made about
nothing. People don't trust any
major business."
Asked whether the suspension of
independent record promoters has
hurt his station, Schantz said 'the
action "simply means less phones
to answer."
One of the major problems in at- •
tempting to curb payola is the fact
that it is done in secret; There is no
. real • system of regulation which
could monitor the actions of radio
personnel.
"Payola is very difficult to con-
trol," said Simon. "The money is
going into someone's pocket not to
the radio station, so it is hard to
control from that end. Record
companies could begin a system of
bookkeeping, but you'll never see
that happen. Also, payola is very
difficult to prove in court." ,
Both Schantz and Simon dbn't
feel the act of payola has any ma-
jor implications on the national
music sales charts.· .
• •
"A bad record is a bad record,
regardless of what a promoter of-
•
fers," said Simon:. "And stations .
will obviously not. play bad
records.,,, •
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To prevent payola Schantz advis- •
ed, "They should Just let music
directors do what they want, which
is_ what 90' of us in radio do
anyway/'
.
Bob Dayton, program ·director
for
WSPK-FM
said the practice of
payola seems inevitable.
llThere;s
always
going to be bad
people out there ruining it for the
'· rest of us," Dayton said. "There
have been scandals before, but I
think this one will be a big one; A
fire has been lit under the record
companies
to tighten
their
restrictions."
Dayton said he has never been
offered payola.
One radio station music director·
who was interviewed said he is not
totally against payola.·
Ron Ferraro of Dutchess Com-
munity' College's WDCC said,
"I
.wish • someone would offer us
payola. Our station sure could use
the money."
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discover a· cos.tume party. in full
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he sees, praying that his
car
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get to know all eight people at the
mixer, our hero goes home, proud
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Marist .College.
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lengthy fashion until it is finally
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over, and our hero can· look for-
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ward to spending an exciting two
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and a half hours in the coffee shop
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p,m.,ati~JiP,µt.
an<l
SUilday at-2 p.in.·A,dmission if free.but
I\
: donations will be accepted. Marist Night for ~~Peter Pan" is tom-
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morow at 8 p.ni. It will promises to ·be
a
wacky show of
ad
libs,
• twists, gags/surprises and more. Son of
a
-"Peter
Pan'' meets
<
/ : :•Bloopers,
.Bleeps
and Blunders." The play
will never
be the
same ..
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- ·_, Next Tuesday, April 15, the
Heritage llliforiall
Society
will
spon- • ·
, sor a lecture titled "The History of the Hudson River" at 8 p.m ..
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• The Mid-Hudson Civic Center will present "An Evening of Solid
Gold" this Saturday featuring The Coasters, The Chiffons and
others.
Tickets are SIS.SO and
can
be obtained by calling the Civic
Center box office at 454-5800.
Country bluc;s artist Taj Mahal will appear at the Towne Crier
Cafe in
Hopew.ellJunction this Sunday at 8
p.m.
and 10:30 p.m.
~orge Tborogood and the Destroyers will perform in concert
at
the Ulster•Performing Arts Center in Kingston Tuesday, April
22. Opening the show will be Preacher
Jack
and the Soul Drivers.
Renowned.performer; author and composer
Oscar
Brand ~ill
appear anhe
iewish C:oJ]l~unity Center (110 Grand Ave.) Sun-
• dath~ &~sti-eet
cintb-
in Poughkeepsie will attempt to con-
trol
Black
Flag
and -their fans when the b~d appears there nm
Wednesday,
A
16 at
7 p.m.
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This· iS. t!J,e
pits
by Maria Gordon
Like the mansion that Walter
Fielding and Anna Crowley buy,
"The Money Pit" is a lemon.
The difference is that the house
has potential after the colorful, but
deceiving rind is peeled away. But,
there is no hope for this film. Like
a lemon, it leaves a sour taste in au-
dience's mouth.
All Walter Fielding wants is what
studies say most young Americans -
want: a good job, a wife, 2.4
children and a nice house in the
suburbs. He has a good job as a
lawyer.
His fiancee,
Anna
Crowley, also wants 2.4 children.
Everything seems to be going well
until "the nice house in the
suburbs."
Walter and -Anna, with the help
of • an incompetent real estate
friend, buy a mansion from its
owner/con artist. In looking over
the house, she asks them not to
enter certain rooms and they don't,
yet triey decide to take the house
anyway.
Until this point, the movie plods
along at a dull and lifeless pace, but
it
does pick up. They start fixing
up the house and all its weaknesses·
are revealed, from
•
the electric
S}-stem
to the plumbing, even to the
trees. One canriot help but laugh at
the house.
•
Scenes of it falling apait piece by .
piece are classics from the days of
reel
impressions
silent films. But, even that cannot
character. At times, she is
ari
in-
dependent, self-sufficient woman,
and at others, she is a spoiled child.
The bit players save the film. The
construction -crew is
a
beer-
drinking demolition crew, made up
. of creatures from a "Mad Max"
movie, but they are funny.
Oiler tries to redeem himself in
the end, but fails. He attempts to
make a social comparison between
relationships and houses, but wor-
ries that we may have missed the
help save this film.
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can all relate to. Defective products
thinks
he is 'sitting
and services are sold everyday. It
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sometimes costs more to repair the
On
a ream,
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damage than we originally paid.
should
open
his eyes .
That debt is the pit. David Giler,
the writer, does not condemn the
He
is only
living
"salesmen," but cautions us, the
a nightmare.
consumers:
"let
the buyer _____________
_
beware."
point, so he clobbers us with it. It's
Although the idea is good, the
a good thing, because
I
missed that
script is weak. The actors have meaning. Maybe because 1, like
-nothing to work with.
many others, was just so fed up by
Giler leaves all the funny
the entire film that it just didn't
moments to the stunt men. Hanks
matter anymore.
'Yorks hard at being funny, and
If Steven Spielberg thinks he is
succeeds with no help from the
"sitting on a dream" ~ith "The
script.
Money Pit," he should open his
Anna Crowley, played by Shelley eyes. He is only living in a
Long of "Cheers," is a confusing nightmare.
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To Marisf students (unless they
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have
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had legal problems in
Rhinebeck),
,
Waters
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is better
knowri as director of safety. and
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security
at
the coUege. At night,
however,
-
he serves as. Rhinebeck
Town Justice.
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Waters has held the elected post
sirice January of 1974; He sits at
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the court~very Thursday from
'7
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p.m: until all
cases
(or the night are
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concluded.
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justice due to my background and
experience with penal law arid hav-
ing
·been
a state- trouper for 20
years/' Waters
·says
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As a
•
trooper,
W-aters in~
vestigated organized crime in
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Albany and-investigated narcotics
activities in conjunction with the
New York. City police department,
as well
as.
performing other police
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tasks, Waters says.
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Waters, who has lived in
Rhinebeck since 1966 with his. wife
and two daughters, says he serves
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as Justice because he feels he owes
something to the town;
••1 feel that I'm making a con-
tribution," Waters says. "Both my
Joe
Waters.
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daughters were brought up there
and I feel that I have a debt to the
•
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is a way of pay-
ing it off."
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Waters explains that his court
tries, hears or determines all misde-
meanors and vehicle and traffic of-
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fenses.
Most are g~nerally
punishable by up to $1,QOO
in fines
and a year in prison, he adds.
The court also tries civil cases of
up to $3,000.
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Waters asserts that the justice
court by nature isthe court closest
to the people, partly because the
Justice must be re-elected every
four years.
He adds that he feels his job· is
valuable, especially when dealing
with teens who have gotten into
trouble. "It's very unfair for a
young person to make one mistake
and be branded with a record for
life," Waters claims.
"If
I see that
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they are repentant, I give them a se-
cond chance," he says
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But for repeat offenders, Waters
offers little.sympathy. "I feel that
repeaters have earned jail, so I give
them. what they've earned," he
says.
''I
try to maintain the quality of
life that we have in Rhinebeck by
rendering a service as a judge and
being fair, firm and impartial to
those who come before me," he
adds.
"I
try the case on the facts
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of the law."
/ Minuses _____________________
c_on_u_·n
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ue_d_f_ro_m
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the fall '85 semester is .28 higher
than the current 2.3
c-t:
In fact, it
is just short of the 2. 7 B-.
So although Marist's average
fell, the letter equivalent of the
average is higher.
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as
Marist faculty and
administrators have pointed out,
this information may be a bit
misleading. These statistics are only
for the one semester the minus
grades have been used, and it may
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The day would not have run as
smoothly as it did if it was not for
the help of several key pe,ople: Jeff
• Meyers for his technical support
and Mark Hustead, Brian Regan
and Harold Brenner for their aid
in setting up~
presentations and
watching the back doors;
, A well-deserved thank you to
Jerome McBride. His patience,
guidance, time, energy, imagina-
tion and support were what kept us
going.
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Special thanks to Dorothy Davis~
the choral director; for her pa•
tience, and also to those who
helped and I have failed
to
men-
tion.
You all deserve a pat on the
back.
Kim Stucko
President
Marist College Computer Society
be that the new system is more ac-
curate than the previous one. So,
minus grades might not be a big
deal after all.
But to the 67 students who drop-
ped
from first to second honors on
the Dean's List, and the students
who didn't make it at all, it may
matter a whole lot.
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Most Clubs Have On Weekends"
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Tarot Card Reading
9:30 - 1 :30 by ABRAXUS
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TRIVIA and win loveable
stuffed animals
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on the floor
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MacGo_wan,
Christian
Morrison, and Alvin Patrick pause for a moment of silence
before marching to. Poughkeepsie.'s
• Main • Mall. (Photo
by
Laurie Barraco)·
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Birdas _.
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Birdas researches and
·writes
two two since then, and the spee~h she
or three editorials per week on makes when she receives this year's
topics of interest to tri-state area Alumni Communication Arts In-
listeners. She talks to people on ternship Award ·at the Lowell
both sides of the issues, so when it's Thomas Luncheon will uridoubted-
time to seek an editorial reply from ly be longer and more polished.
the opposition, she knows whom to
Birdas credits .Professor Bob •
contact. Presenting both sides of Norman's influence, in part, for
the issue is an important facet of her success. When Norman design-
her job, Birdas said.
ed her internship at WCBS, she
"That's not difficult with an _said, the concept was new for
issue like the death penalty or gun Marist and for the business world,
control," she said, "but it's hard too.
to get someone to rebut about the
"People said; 'What are you, a
state budget."
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doctor?'" she recalls. "The station
Birdas also produces a half-hour didn't know quite what to expect."
program called "Let's Find Out,"
Birdas had her own adjustments
which airs Sundays at. 8:30 p.m.
to make once there. She said after
She schedules newsmakers and living, ••
eating and going to class
research~s topicsto help the inter.: with people her own age; it
was
a
~iew·er
formulate q_uestions
for
the
shock_ to find 'out everyone in the
guests. ·
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Birdas said she'd lilce the next
"It was hard to work with peo-
step in her career t~. b~ on-air • pie who were so much smarter than
del~very of thos~ ed1tonals . for
me," .she sllid. "Everyone knew
which she does so much behmd-
more. But I was there to learn; no
the-s,cenes work. She· no!e~ there _
one expected anything. I was allow-
aren t many women on the air, and
ed to make mistakes. If I didn't, it
of those who are, many sound too
would have · meant . I wasn't
cute, sexy or ~reathy. But Bir~as learning."
has a profess_1onal broa~castmg
Although the internship clinch-
school at her disposal. She s work-
ed it Birdas' love of radio took
ing. with some o_f the best iii"the root in childhood. Her father's was
busmess, she said, and they are
the first voice heard on the air at
happy to coach her.
WLNA in Peekskill in
1942.
She was not always so enthusistic
'
,
about speaking in front of an au-
"It
·w~s a smali towri stati&n,"
dience, however. Professor Jeptha
Birdas said. "I can remember my
Lanning remembers Birdas'Airst
father being asked to the opening
time up in "Public Speaking"
of shopping centers and broad-
class. Her speech lasted about 30 casting live from downt()wn at
seconds, Lanning recalls, and when Christmas when the tree was lit.
she was finished he had her get up
Then he'd record the school
and do it again.
chorus, and I'd go along. I was
Birdas remembers that class,
always around him when he work-
too. But she's learned
a
thing or
ed. He was my inspiration.?'
UNHI
This Saturday At Ciro's
,
44 Plaza •
Poughkeepsie
Come Celebrate
Vinnie Kane's Birthday ..
Beer Special & The Funhole
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-racism here in Poughkeepsie• and
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"You -can't· get
a
consensus on
silence, the crowd move on o
racism in South Africa~''. said Marc •.
anything in this country," he said.
meet the marchers from Dutchess
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the pro- - Community College across from
Dorsey• a.
·strid
enf
at
Dut~hcss -
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Community -College. He followed
gressive coaltion, also criticized the
Marist's Nort entrance.
All I
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this statement with a call for cow.
1ty
college's stance. " _ want 1s a
t
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statement. The administration is
caught up with an enthusiastic
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Lauren Robinson, a represen- •
·stalling,'.' he said.
crowd from
assar, w o w r
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all
tative . of -the Students. Afro
. Senior Christian Morrison spoke
already marchmg aroun
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to
American Society at Vass.
ar, spoke
of King's message in front of
and passing out 1tera ure_ •
Greystone. "We must not let King
passers-by. It ·called on va~~oll:s about racism on·cami:ius; :·' • • .•• -
die in vain," he said. "Racism is
companies, such
as
Ford, Mobil
Followirig the rally at city hall,
wrong, apartheid is wrong. We . and IBM, to stop doing business in the m.archers crossed Marker
must rise up together to end apar-
South Africa.
_
• Street, and went back to the Main
theid.'and injustice ... Marist Col-
- The students then moved the ·Mallfor
a
louder rally •. _. :· :·
lege; it's time to cleanup our own
protest across the :street to the . Coricra described the march'and
backyarp," he said, ,before the
south side of city hall, w~ere rally as successes and said emotions
recording of King's speech was
representatives from each school were run-ning high. "It\vasmore
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played.
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talked to the crowd with the help emotional because of the three
After planting a few cr.osses in
of a bullhorn.
schools coming together as one,"
the dirt in front of Greystone and
"We're here to make a state-. he said. •
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Sheehan named several reasons the division of arts and letters, sug-
should be allowed in the center,
gested a solution. "Ifse. curity's
a -
why he felt
WMCR
should be mov-
Cox said last week that he feels ed. He said: the station's D.J. ,
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are problem, I think we solve the-pro.._
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The Circle, The Reynard, WMCR . distracted by the constant flow of blem/' he said.
"I
think_ all the
and ,MCTV are "truly
co-
people by the radio station; station media should be -in there (the
curricular"
organizations - and
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Center). How do other schools do
should be in the building.
security is now poor l,ecause peo-
it?"
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He said it would be beneficial to
pie not involved with WMCR have
MCTV General Manager Chris
easy access to the studios; and
have these offices near the equip-
housing.has received several com-
Lezny said he would prefer to see
ment the organizations use.
"It
Merv moved to the current site of
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plaints from first floor residents
wou d e even more_ desirable to
about the noise level of the station, the , Bierne
Media
Center
have faculty advisors there," he
a level 'he said is ''unavoidable.,,
(downstairs in the Marist Library)
said.
once the Lowell Thomas building
But Ed Waters, vice president
He also said that the station is is completed. Tlle Media Center is
• for administration and finance,
expanding rapidly, causing·a space slated to move into the Thomas
said he feels that WMCR in par-
crunch.· He added that because center.
ticular should stay in its current
radio broadcasting classes \\'!ll be
The library location would pro-
location. The radio station, now on
taught in the center, the move vide MCTV with .the shell of a
the first floor of Champagnat Hall,
would help the faculty integtate the television studio, enabling it to
is in the hub ofcampus activity and
station into its curriculum.
move in without delay, he said.
enjoys high visibility, Waters said.
Waters, however, s_aid_relocating .But MCTV would also ap-
Tim Sheehan, general manager
:W~CR t_o the center might make preciate a move to the '.fhomas
of WM(:R, disagreed.
"I
don't
1t 1mposs1ble for student~ to_have • building, Lezny said, because its
think visibility is a problem;" he
regular acce_ss
to·the station if th~ currentlocation in "the barn" (an
said. "At this. time it's just a mat-
building is locked up at night, _ addition·
which
·connects
ter of convenience for everyone
which Waters sai~ _was_possible.
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involved."
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of a line• I~ feet, nine inches from
level to sign a Jetter of intent with
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t.ried. playing
inches is already used in the NBA.
.
of-intent week runs from yesterday
basketball on one foot?Withjust
. The rule change
.
has
·pushed
until April 16.
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one-leg?_ It's difficult.'.:::·
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>
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Marist
.·to
look·· for an outside
So as letter-of-intent week moves·
·It-leaves
you off-balance. Your
•
shooter; The:Foxes will have to
on, Marist has spoken to or seen
••
·
opponents will have. an easy time
•
.
balance the tremendously powerful
·
the following: Kirk Eady, 6-5, 230,
:
running around you.
·You'
would
inside game that led the team to the
a forward from Bayonne High
probably have to stay under the
School in N.J.; Sean Freeman, 6-5,
•••
hoop, playing for rebounds. Could
·.th_
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rs,
d
a.
Y·
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.
a swingman; Larry Mccants, 6-0,
you imagine playing the whole
•
a guard and younger brother of
.season
off-balance and making it
morn'1ng
Ron, from Columbus High School
to the championships?
in the Bronx; Omar Booth, 6-7,
•
Marist did; They went through
qu·a·
rterback
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190, a forward from John F. Ken~
the entire
.1985-86-
season off-
.
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nedy High School in the Bronx;
balanced and made the NCAA's. ~----------~
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Andy Bcinsalle, 6-6, 210, a forward
Pretty good, huh? Imagine if they
NCAA'~,-with a guy who can pop
from Hillsborough Community
••
•
had two legs, and were balanced?
a long one. Marist is looking to
College in Tampa, Fla.; Brian
They need outside shooting (in case recruit its other leg ..
•
Wilson 6-0, 185, a guard from
you hadn't heard). And they need
As for qefense, Head Coach
•
Bridgeston Academy in Bridgeston,
if this coming season more than
Matt Furjanic has said that Marist
Maine;· and Brian Elve, 6-5,
•
a
.
ever.
, •
.,
•
will still play a zone but not guard
swingman from Fork Union
•
The-NCAA men's.rules commit- •
... that area, .just favor a hot outside
Military Academy in Fork Union,
tee indoctrinated the three-point
shooter.
Va.
•
goal system for the start of the
•
1986-87 basketball year. Three
.
Now is also the time for players
As of April 7, no player has sign-
points·will count anywhere outside·
•
who want to play at the college ed as Marist's other leg.
Woriiell'.s.:b-ball: looks· to recruits
by
Eddie Maffai
.
With. the loss of'five,g,;aduating
seniors,
the
•
Marist
.
College
women's basketball team will· be
looking to the addition of six
.
freshman recruits to bolster the
1986-87 campaign.
•
•
•
•
.
.
Bellmore,
N.Y.;
will add leaping
counted for more than half the
ability, speed, and muscle respec-
team's offense by collectively
•
tively, said Torza.
averaging 39.4 points per game.
Torza said Aeillo, of Drexel Hill,
Also lost to the team will. be
Pa., is the top recruit, a blue chip
senior Jackie Pharr; whose in-
prospect who dribbles the ball well juries, along with Geoghegan's,
with both hands and has a shot that
played a part in last season's disap-
is accurate from up to 20 feet. Tor-
pointing record, according to
za added that Aeillo would pro-
Torza.
•
The Lady Foxes' flood.
of
new bably see
·a
lot of playing time.
Injuries, however, did not total-
faces foll.ows this year's,dissapoin-
l a o t "o
I
t
•
J
t
Sue Blazeiewski, a 1·un1·or,
sa1"d
Y
cc un •' r as seasons e
ting 12-17 record,· which. Head
•
d
T
dd d "W h ••
d
she is looking forward to playing
own, orza a e •
e a a
Coach Patty Torza said was due in
tough s h d I and h d to Jay 17
with next season's new additions.
c e u e
a
P
Part to
•
in1·uries
•
and a tough.er
ame
th
d
h' h •
I
t
.
"It's a long season and their youth g
S
on
e roa •
W IC
IS
a
0
schedule..
should help keep us motivated,"
to ask of any team,"- she said.
Torza said the upcoming season
. d
The players agreed but felt there
will-be a change forthe Red Foxes
•
she sai
•
•
was more to it then that. "We
from an in.
side, physical game to a
"Next year's team will be very
Id h
d
l b
h
inexperienced," said sophomore
.
cou
ave one a ot etter t an
more finessed., outside. shooting
we d"1d
"s";d M1"chel
"We started
•
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Mic_helle.
M1"chel,
"and 1·t
should be
'
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game. She added
.that
with .with the
••
t l
b t • k d
't
t th
.
.
interesting to. see. how we perform
ou s ow u pie e
I
up a
e
departure. of senior point guards
end."
Val
w
..
il.
mer and Una Geoghegan.··,·
''as
a team." Torza agreed but add-
Bl
•
k" dd d h
.··ed:
"We•.n. need all tw·elve g·1·r1s
to
•
azeJews
I
a e
t
at this past
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the Red Foxes will relymi'three in-
• t
h d
l t
f
t l
t
.
coming freshman; Donna Aeillo, contribute
.next
year. There's
t~odi;n,:a;:ay
\/
ti p~te!tf:i.
Mary O'Brien and Jennifer O'Neil, riothing Hke,experience in a close
•.
"We could have done better:• she_
•
to ruri the offense;
, gametbat the team will have to do
,
said; "We had high expectations
,
••
Along with
•
the three guards,
.
"'.ith<>ut it next year;"
..
'· •
before the season started but we
•
Marist has recruited two forwards
•
.
·
Next seasori
.
when the
_seconds
.· .
could never click as a team for any
and a center. ForWards. Monica
•
tick down, .the Red_ Foxes will be•. number of games." On the upcom-
··•
O'Halloran of Bayonne, N;J.; and
minus the experienced play of
ing season, she said,
"I
hope the
•
Kim Smith-Bey of Glassboro,N.J.,
seniors Paoline Ekambi, Mary Jo
six new girls will add a spark to our
and center
".Dawn
Ednie, of
Stempsey and Wilmer, who ac-
team."
·1ceinan
·ends
hot -career
.
by
Chrisdne J.'PetriHo
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The. Marist College ice
hockey team will
•
be
.
saying
goodbye to its· captain and
highest scorer of the team's
career after 1984 graduate Jim
McDonald.
With his career total of 105
goals and 62 assists, Tim
Graham who graduates in May,
will be missed on the ice.
,·
locker room talks," according
to player Jim Coyne, a 19syear•
old sophomore from Wyckoff,
.
N.J.
•
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Player Rick Race,
a
19-year-
old
sophomore
from
Cazenovia, N.Y.,
admired
Graham's _strong leadership
qualities and his excellence on
the ice.
•
"He has the abilty to control
himself and the game and we're
sorry to. see him leave the
team," he said.
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Glen Middleton turned in a time of
'
16:17.7.
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Pazik also finished seventh in the
5,000-meter run with a 15:21.3
mark.
The team's best showing
was
in
the 800-meter event. Sophomore
Garry Ryan had
a
2:01.2, Don
Godwin ran a 1:58.38, Christian
Morrison hit a 2:02.14, freshman
•• Dave Blondin ran a 2:01.51 and
another freshman, Jim Morton,
turned in a 2:02.67. State qualify-
ing time is 1
:57 .2.
Lurie said that
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April 10, 1986- THE CIRCLE -
Page
11
3
•
in a row for tennis
by Ken Foye
The Marist men's tennis team
won its !hird consecutive match,
beating Manhattan College 6-3
at home on Saturday afternoon.
The Red Foxes, who are off
to their best start in years, own-
ed a 3-1 record at the end of last
week.
Marist won two other mat-
ches last week
as
well, defeating
Mercy College 8-1 last Thursday
and SUNY-Purchase 9-0 last
Tuesday. The team lost its
season opener on March 26,
bowing to the University of
Bridgeport by an 8-1 count.
Despite pre-season injuries,
senior Captain Ron Young and
freshman Max Sandmeier are
the key players for the
.
Red
Foxes during their currentwin-
ning streak.
Young and Sandmeier each
lost only once in singles play this
year, and as a doubles team they
won all three of their matches.
Singles players Jim Roldan,
John Macom, Kevin Blinn and
Rich Spina also played well
since the opening-day disaster at
Bridgeport.
Senior
Joe
Giuliani
(dislocated
finger)
.
and
sophomore Chris Silvera (groin
pull) are recently hampered by
injuries, but both are expected
to return to action soon.
"The guys
-are
playing really
well," Coach Gerry Breen com-
mented. "We're really on a
roll."
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The 21-year-:<>ld
from Boston,
Mass.,. began playing.hockey
•
when he was six years old. He
remembers his first year on the
•
Marist team feeling inadequate,
but over the years, he saw
himself becoming "a big fish in
•
"He
was
our best scorer and
offensive player/' added Steve
Melz, a 19~year~ld sophomore
from Wycko(f, N.J.
the men "are a few weeks away" •.:~;-;-;-;•
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hitting the qualifying mark.
a little pond."
.
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Given the choice, Graham
Head Coach Jiin Peelor. who
said he would choose hockey
.
started. at Marist the same year
over school, but he added that
Marist also entered a four by
100-meter relay team for the first
time in four years. The foursome
chalked up a 46.8 .
as Graham, saw Graham's
there were rarely any problems.
strength accelerate each year
.. 1 managed to balance
•
LiJrie said that the team is pro-
.
and tum into leadership.
hockey and school and still
gressing, but it was ••bogged down
··,_
As the team's
captain,
never miss a game," he said.
with two early meets and mid-week
Graham admits that it wasn't
meets that hurt us."
easy taking on a leadership role
Graham feels his greatest
Lurie said that Pazik should
that he never had before.
achievment is the award he was
qualify in the I0,000 and the 5,000
"It's tough to be a captain on
given Saturday, April 5, in New
for the state championships.
a college team," he said. "It's
York City. He was elected a first
"Pazik may be the first since Keith
hard to get the guys to look up
string all-star of the Empire
Millspaugh in the mid-70's to
to one of their peers, but I had
Division by the Metropolitan
qualify in the states as a half-
the help of the other seniors."
Hockey Association along with
miler•" Lurie is ending a three-year
• Peelor said he saw Graham as
senior
Keith Blachowiak.
term as a seeding advisor for the
a strong captain who exerted
Graham said this award reflects
championships. Lurie said he
himself when he had to.
the whole team and for that, he
would be happy to seed someone
"He led the team through a
is grateful.
from Marist (Pazik) in that event.
good season," Peelor said. 'tA
Although Graham admits
•
captain isn't always the person
that playing hockey was begin-
'
In the team •s first outing against
who is liked the most, but Tim-
ning_ to get tiring after playing
C. W • Post, Pazik
was
fourth in the
my did the dirty work while still
since age 6, he docs hope to con-
1,500 and classmate Morrison took
managing
to
keep a smile on his
tinuc playing in the future.
seventh. For the women, junior
face."
"I
haven't been on the ice
Jean aemens was second in a heat
•
The players saw Graham as a
now for a month, and I miss
of
eight
in the I ,500-meter run and
strong leader who "gave good
it,"
be said.
Mary
Ellen Faehner won the
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Hot
··sta·rt
for
-Iaxmen
by
Dail Pietrafe~
•
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Hill along with sophomore
.Bob
•
record seven g~als in leading the
Cowie and seniors Paul Rezza and
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Foxes to the victory over New Paltz
The 1986 lacrosse season is
Steve Ryan.·
•
..
·
last Saturday.
(
•
•
underway for the Marist College
If the opposing offense scoots by • • •
·
. Freshman Cleary ha_d four goals
Red Foxes as they begin their quest the Marist defense, it will have to
and four assists and classmate
to dethrone SUNY~ Maritime for
..
yet deal with its toughest task in
McCormick scored three goals and
••
the. Knickerbocker Conference
getting a shot by sophomore goalie had two assists.
title.
.
Chris Reus:;. Reuss led Division
The Foxes were in control all the
The Foxes, coming off last year's
One goalies by stopping 69 percent
•
way with a 11-0 halftime lead, but
4-3 conference record and 10-6 of the shots taken at him last year.
the shutout effort was foiled when
record overall, are off to a strong
The Foxes' stronger, more ex-
Bob Weir scored· a goal for New
start under third-year Head Coach perienced team. wm blend• in the • Paltz with 15 seconds remaining in
Mike
•
Malet. They
•
entered this
.
young talent as well. Freshman at-
the game.
· ·
.
••
week's action at' 3-0.
tacker Jim McCormick already has
Marist 19, Queens
3
.
This year's team returns eight of
14 goals on the season, while fellow
•
Marist scored 10 unanswered
last season's ten starters including
•
•
attacker Pete Cleary, also a goals in the third quarter to expand
three attackman, four defenseman
•
freshman, has added to the stats
a 5-2 lead in defeating Queens.
and the goalie.
·, ·,
.
with 10 gqals and 14 assists.
.
..
McCormick scored six goals and
The Foxes will be anchored on
..
.
Foxes perfec_t
·so
far
•
had two assists while Cleary add-
offense by· senior ~I-Conference
'
•.
The Foxes perfect record ~us far ed three goals and five assists.
·
attackman Tom Daley, who led the
.·•
record includes a conference win
Tom Daley, sophomore· Mike
team in scoring last year
..
with 37 over Kean College as they head in-
Daley and
•
senior Ian O'Connor
•
goals and
44
total points. D~ey
~
to key conference games today on tallied two goals each.
be assisted by fellow semor Jim
the road a:t Montclair and Saturday
.•
Marist 19,
·Kean
5
Checca; who scored 17 goals and
at· home against Fairleigh Dickin-
McCormick scored five
goals
in
.
10 assists.last year, and sophomore son University.
.
leading the Foxes to victory in the
Bill Drolet, with
11
goals and
24.
•
The team was also scheduled to
team-opener, conference opener
•
assists.
.
play Manhattanville on the road
and home opener.
.
The midfield will be worked
Tuesday.
•
•
•
. Cleary complimented McCor-
.
around a couple of veteran seniors
Jn the three ganies so far, Marist
mick with three goals and five
•
in
.
Mike Masterson and John
•
has outscored their-opponents 59-9
.
assists.
Young.
•
in romping
Kean
College, Queens
~
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The entire defense returns to the College and· SUNY-New Paltz.
team. The defense will be anchored
Marist
2,,
,
New Paltz 1
by All-Conference junior Kevin
Tom Daley scored a team
Chris Silvera and the men's tennis team have won three in
a row.
See story, page 11. (Photo by Steve Barraco)
. •
.fox
tra.il
by Dan Pietrafesa
Marist fans will have an oppor-
tunity to see the lacrosse team and_:
its two exciting freshmen attackers
in Jim McCormick and Pete Oeary
.
in action this Saturday atl.p.in ....
The MaristRugby,C,lub crushed'
SUNY.Maritime 20-:0Jast week-to·
earn
its second shutout this season.
The squad's.record-now stands at
•
2-0-2 with four games remaining.
Maritime was the latestteam to feel
the hard~hitting defensive. atfack
that.has only given up one try and
two field goals for a total of 10
.
points in four contests. The next
.
•.
home game is on Parent's Weekend.
against either Rutgers or Seton Hall
at lp.m ....
Forme~ Circle Sports Editor Ian·
O'Connor
has been seeing playing
time with the lacrosse team and has
responded with three goals in the
last two contests for the laxmen ...
A fine hockey season may be
over but good news for the icemen
is still coming in. Tim Graham and
Keith Blachowiak
finished their at
Marist by being
•
named to the
Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey
:
Conference First Team All-Stars.
Maristwas the only team to have-
more than· one player on the first
tean:i ...
Page-·1a'; THE CIRCLE-~
April 10, 1s,s.
Lacrosse goalie-is
..
best.-~
·andlOokS.tobe.better
.
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.
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.
.
.
.
by Mlchael-J. Nolan
·
•
As a Division One.athlete he
led the nation in what he did -
saying no.
• ·.
•
•.
.
•
·.
•
•
.
.
..
He's not Rik Smits, nor_ is he
Drafton Davis
.
.He likes what.he
.
does and.does it well. He does,
not get the recognition nor
respect
•
he
.
deserves
..
except
maybe, by his peer~. But then
Chris Reuss, Marist
_lacrosse
goalie, is not one who seeks ~he
attention his teammates feel he
deserves.
.
·
Last season Reuss was second
to none in the nation in save
percentage. As a freshman
-
starter he recorded a .686 save
•
percentage; the
.
highest save
percentage by a Division One
lacrosse goalie.
•
.
"It's simple," said a smiling
Reuss. "Get the body behind
the stick, and get in line with the
ball."
•
But he realizes that it has
been· more than just this. The
cliche that one
works
to be the
best
·
is something that Reuss
believes in.
Reuss started playing lacrosse
in eighth grade. Of course the
position, the only position he
.
ever played, was goalie. But a
.
•
change of fortune saw him sit-
ting the bench in 10th and 11th
grades while at West. Babylon
High School on Long Island.
"I didn't like sitting on the
.
bench; but I realized the guy
ahead of me was better," Reuss
•
said.
"l
knew my' time would
come as a senior."
.
.
'
....
·.
In
12th grade, though; he had
a chance to start, and he did,
.•
The team finished with a 6-12
•
record;' but "many people·
thought I had a good enough
•
year to make all-league," he
said;
..
.
•
Reuss. credits his • improve-
mentto his varsity coach in high
schoot "He. helped me a lot
with· technique," Reuss said.
'' A lot of times we stayed out
later working, and .before
a
game we went outearlier.)'
College lacrosse has been
even more demanding. The
team puts in an hour a day in
•
stretching exercises and warm-
ups, then. they practice a one-
on-one drill, rides and clears,
six-ori-six, full field scrimmage,
man up-mari down and end the
.
practice with wind sprints hours
later.
Hard work has paid off for
the goalie in his sophomore
season .. Instead of the slump
that's usually associated with
•
the sophomoi.:.e
year, Reuss has
posted an .800 save
.percentage
in his first.' two games.
•
Reuss attributes his high save
.
percentage
•
to the defense.
.
"Save. percentage is only one
aspect," he said, "but !he
defense
..
keeps the
.opposing
team away from the goal which
makes the shots easier to save."
•
The overall defense is excellent,
but
.
especially the starting
defense of Kevin
·
Hill, Bob
Cowie, arid Paul Rezza, said
,Reuss.·
He can look
•.
back at an
already fulfilling career. ~e
remembers
·his
first· game with
• the Red Foxes against New
Paltz. He said: "By the, first
game I.felt·pretty comfortable.
with the team; It's with every
game; the first save is the big-
. gest. After you make the first
save everything
falls into
place.''
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His most memorable game,
though, was the finale of last
season. In a home game against
South Hampton, Marist trailed
7-3 in the last quarter and came
back to win 8-7. Reuss
remembers stopping a few key
oneson-one breaks
·in
aiding
Marist to victory.
Now Reuss' attention has
•
turned to the upcoming season
and the expectations he has for
·
the team. "As far as statistics
go, they're-not that important,"
Reuss said. "I want to win the
·conference·
-champion~~ip
.. I
think that's everyone;s goal/'
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Reuss,· though,· realiies-·that
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there's,Jriore to it than
just
be-:'
ing a·
:game.
He has learned
from it and.will take something
with him. He said: "In this
game - like no other game -
. the save percentage is very low.
That means that you will be
beaten many times a game. You
have to keep your head up and
not worry about it. So the abili-
ty to handle failure
.
has
.
to be
one of the biggest things I've
learned from lacrosse."
When asked what he will take
with hini, he said the memories.
"Once a special moment passes,
it's over. The only way you can
keep them is through memories.
The friendships that are with
•
you usually last, but the big
moments you must cherish,"
Reuss said;
-
It's been hard work but well
worthwhile, he said. Practice
makes perfect - in this case in
saying no.-
Week's training in Florida does it for
.crew
•
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by Mary Jo Murphy
.
Cr~w Head Coach Larry Davis
said a week of training in Florida
has made all the difference in the
team's early-season successes at
Manhattan College and
-at
the
·
University
of
•
Lowell
of
Massacheusetts.
Davis said. it would have been because other teams we race were
impossible for the team to fare as
•
on the water two weeks to two
well as it has against Manhattan,
months before us."
Iona College, the University of
The team stayed at the Florida
Lowell and others, all with more Institute
of Technology
in
practice time than Marist, if the Melbourne, Fla. The facility caters
team hadn't spent the entire Spring to many colleges
•
that choose to
Break rowing in Florida.
••
travel south for training
..
"If
we hadn't gone," he said,
A week
after returning from
"we would have many problems Florida, Marist raced against both
Outdoor track progresses
Manhattan and Iona Colleges at
Manhattan. Marist took firsts in
the men's varsity heavyweight four,
the women's novice eight, the.
men's varsity lightweight eight, and
the women's varsity open-weight
four. "We did reasonably well,"
said Davis. "We were prepared to
race, and I don't think we were
handled by anyone."
by Brian O'Connor
The Marist outdoor track team
put in fine personal performances
. against tough competitors at the
West Point Invitational this week.
In the 3,000-meter steeplechase,
senior Pete Pazik, in his first time
running the event, had a 9:42.83
for seventh place. Junior
Paul Kel-
ly, coming off an illness, marked
up a 10:14.4.
The opponents, Army and Cor-
nell, had their entire squads and
were healthy, according to Coach
Steve Lurie.
Sophomore Don Reardon, hurt
since Feb.
IS,
took second in the
slow section of the S,000-meter
with a time of 15:41.02. A mark of
15:23 is the qualifying time for the
state championships'. Classmate
Conthn1ed oa
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Last Saturday, on rough water
and in strong headwinds at Lowell,
the team took first in the women's
lightweight four, and
·captured
se-
cond place in the men's lightweight
four, the men's.novice eight, the
men's varsity heavyweight four, the
women's novice eight, the men's
varsity eight and the women's var-
sity open four. Marist notched a
third-place finish in the eighth and
final race, the men's novice four.
Six
schools
entered
the
competition.
On Saturday the team faces Ar-
my and Vassar at a location
undetermined at press time.
The Florida workouts, Davis
said, were six hours a day, and in-
cluded running,
rowing and
weightlifting. "We needed to rein-
force the motion of rowing after so
much time away from it," Davis
said.
The team began its Hudson
River workouts on March 21. Even
.
though the mornings are cold and
the Hudson water tends to be
rough, Davis said the team has
been fortunate in terms of water
time.
- "I'm
.greedy
about the amount
of water time and practice time we
get," he said. "We tend to get off
to a slow start in relation to other
crews, because they have more
water time."
Davis said one thing strongly in-
fluenced by the late start is the
average ratings in each boat. thus
far. The rating is the number of
strokes per minute. For many of
Marist's opponents, ratings are
already near 35 and 36 while most
Marist boats are only at a 30-32
pace so far.
.
Despite all the complications,
Davis said he has an optimistic
outlook for the season. The team,
he.said, has a positive attitude and
is aware of its potential.
"We are on target," he said,
"and we are making progress on
the game plan
we
set up at the
beginning of the season."